Gask House, Chapel
Chapel (19th Century), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Gask House, Chapel
Classification Chapel (19th Century), Church (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Gask House Policies; Findo Gask, Old Parish Church; Gask Chapel
Canmore ID 25962
Site Number NN91NE 41.03
NGR NN 99543 18682
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25962
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Findo Gask
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91NE 41.03 99543 18682
For present parish church of Findo Gask (NO 0024 2016), see NO02SW 16.
(NN 9954 1868) Chapel on site of Church (NR)
OS 6" map, (1958)
A private chapel built c. 1840 on the site of the old parish church of Findo Gask which was pulled down c. 1800 by Laurence Oliphant, 8th Laird. The first record of family burial in the Kirk of Gask, was of Laurence Oliphant, the first Laird of Gask, who died 22nd July 1632. Name Book 1864; E M Graham 1910.
There are no traces of the old church. The chapel is in occasional use.
Visited by OS (W D J) 18 August 1967.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: James Gillespie Graham
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Charles Rogers (ed), 'Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne'